Allied Health Assistant G2

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 61075

**Our Journey**:
The Occupational Therapy department at Monash Health are an integral part of the wider Allied Health and ward multidisciplinary team. We are offering a part time permanent ongoing position, two days a week, for a Grade 2 Occupational Therapy AHA looking to pursue their passion in aged rehabilitation.

Monash Health Allied Health provide an integrated and inter-professional service providing the highest quality patient centred care across the continuum and our Allied Health Assistant workforce is a vital part of this.

We are experienced, friendly and inviting. You will also work within a large team of AHAs and have the additional peer support you need to flourish in your career.

**A Day in the Life**:
You will work with patients and clients every day to enable them to improve their participation in occupations. This includes completing therapy as delegated by the Occupational Therapists that meet individual patient goals from patients with diverse backgrounds. You will be completing occupational based interventions that make a different to patient’s everyday lives.

The role also includes completing referrals to and liaising with community services, providing assistive equipment, and providing non-clinical support to the Occupational Therapy department provide excellent, evidence-based care for patients and their families.

**What You Bring**:

- Your proactive and team player attitude
- Your strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to engage patients in the participation of their treatment journey

**What you need**:

- Relevant Qualification (aligned to position description)
- A Victorian drivers licence

**In return we will provide,**
- A supportive and cohesive team within a larger multidisciplinary setting
- Peer mentorship & career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your clinical skills & knowledge base

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Sarah Gore, Occupational Therapy Manager on 0434666918 to discuss options.

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free flu vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more

Monash Health is the largest public health service in Victoria, employing more than 20,000 people who work across 40 locations delivering healthcare services through our five hospitals and our extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and are committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and ICare values.

**What you need to know**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.